The scene switches to the next day where her drunk father wants to get money from her just to get more drunk. After giving him some of the money that Higgins gave her the last night, she decides to see him about taking lessons to get a better paying jobs as lady in a florist shop. At first, Prof. Higgins doesn't want to take the job since he has no use for her. Pickering gets him into it by betting him the cost of the experiment that he can't do it, so he takes it. He makes everything clear, and is a little bit "rough" on her, by treating her as a poor girl while Pickering has been perfectly nice to her.
Her father hears that she sent back for her items (a birdcage and a chinese fan), but she didn't want any clothes. He goes to 27-A Windpole street to see Prof. Higgins about getting a little money out of the deal (5 pounds). Eliza is having trouble with her vowels, having to say them over and over. None of Higgins' methods seem to be working to get her to speak correctly. (The methods range from saying "The rain in spain stays mainly in the plain", "In Hartford, Harrisford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen" and says a long poem with marbles in her mouth-- where she swallows one by accident).
In the meantime, its up to 3 in the morning and everyone's tired. Higgins tries to talk to her nicely, saying that the English language is the greatest possession we have. She finally gets it right and the trio is celebrating and dancing around the room. Higgins' next part of the plan is to try her out at his mother's box at the Ascot horse races. His mother's a bit unsure about it, but he assures her that Eliza will stick to the weather and everyone's health. With the weather, she uses the first two phrases Higgins taught her. She then rattles on about her mother's case of influenza, which shocks everyone, but gets Freddy Eynsford-hill to fall for her. She shouts out during the race, cheering for Freddy's pick, Dover, "C'mon Dover, move your bloomin' arse," embarrassing herself. Freddy goes to Windpole street to see her, but waits for her to come out the door.
At the Embassy ball, Higgins meets up with an old pupil of his, Prof. Zoltan Karpathy, who uses what Higgins taught him to see through imposters. He's a bit nervous, but lets him dance with he. A rumor starts to spread around, and Higgins laughs about it later, as people thought she was a Hungarian princess, since her English was too good. Pickering and Higgins kept complimenting each other, making Eliza upset since they haven't given her much credit. She's also unsure about the future and decides to leave, running into Freddy, who has been on her street for weeks, waiting for her. She goes back to her old street, seeing that she doesn't belong there. She runs into her father, who has become rich. (Higgins had him speak for that American millionaire, Ezra P. Wallingford, who had just died and left him a lot of money in inheritance). He's a bit mad about that, since his girlfriend wants him to get married since he became respectable.
Eliza decides to see Henry's mother, who seems to have grown fond of her. Higgins and Pickering have been running around, worried sick over her disappearance. Higgins wonders (in song) why a woman can't be more like a man. He goes to his mother's where he meets with Eliza again. She goes on about how she could get along without him. Higgins, after a while, realizes that he has "grown accustomed to her face". He's a bit sad about her leaving that he turns on his phonograph to hear her voice. She comes back in the end, and he's glad, but hides it by saying "Where the devil are my slippers?"
THE END
(*- Friday's cast)
Eliza Doolittle: Janna Emig, Elyce Rickerl*
Henry Higgins: Zach Clause
Pickering: Justin Derry
Alfred Doolittle: Harry Lichtner
Jamie: Jason Clark
Harry: Joe Hannon
George: Matt Dworksy
Ms. Hopkins: Katie Walsh, Claudia Scaran*
Zolton Karpathy: Brian Henninger
Mrs. Higgins: Steph Tantum
Mrs. Eynsford-hill: Melissa Friel, Leigh Clark*
Freddy Eynsford-hill: Michael Cantz
Mrs. Pearce: Sarah Pugh, Sara Andrews*
Eliza Doolittle: Lauren Sperry
Henry Higgins: Ryan O'Connor
Pickering: Drew Magathan
Alfred Doolittle: Aaron Ross
Jamie: Jason Clark
Harry: Matt Dworsky
George: Joe Hannon
Ms. Hopkins: Samantha Bianchini
Zolton Karpathy: Willi Bearss
Mrs. Higgins: Maggie Carr
Mrs. Eynsford-hill: Katie Walsh
Freddy Eynsford-hill: Anthony Spina
Mrs. Pearce: Christa Meenan